Who painted “Amor and Psyche”?

“Amor and Psyche” was painted by Anthony van Dyck in 1639. Where to see it: Royal Collection.

What to look for

Anthony van Dyck: elegant aristocrats with long fingers and silk clothes, graceful poses, cool refined colour and a touch of melancholy.

Sir Anthony van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist, who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. Wikipedia

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“Charles I in Three Positions”, 1635
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“Venus Asks Vulcan to Cast Arms for her Son Aeneas”, 1630s
“Madonna with Partridges”, 1632
“Drunken Silenus”, 1620
“Portrait of Lady Theresa Shirley”, 1622
“Saint Martin and the Beggar”, 1625